Attachment for shoe-brushes



H. HEI-NE.

ATTACHMENT FOR SHOE BRUSHES.

' (No Model.)

No. 406,279. PatentedJuly 2, 1889.

Wow WM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN HEINE, OF MILWAUKEE, \VISOONSIN.

J ATTACHMENT FOR SHOE-BRUSHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,279, dated July 2, 1889.

Application filed February 19, 1889. Serial No. 300,476. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN HEINE, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Shoe-Brushes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to shoe-brushes; and it consists in an attachment therefor of peculiar construction, as will be fully set forth hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a portion of an ordinary shoe-brush with my attachment secured in place on the handle thereof. Fig. 2 is a plan View of my improved device, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof.

The object of my device is to remove mud, dirt, grease, old blacking, &c., from a boot or shoe preparatory to blacking and polishing the same; and to that end it consists of a metallic plate concave on one side and convex on its opposite surface for the greater portion of its length, and provided with a scrapingblade beyond said concave and convex portion projecting at an obtuse angle therefrom, the convex side roughened, as shown, and the device provided with means for its ready attachment to the handle of a shoe-brush.

A represents the handle of a shoe-brush of ordinary construction, to the rounded under side of the free end of which handle my device is adapted to be secured, the concave surface a of said device enablingit to be readily fitted thereto, and two holes I) b-form the most convenient means of attachment in conjunction with screws or nails 0 c. The outer convex side of my device is roughened, as shown at cl, and from one end of the device just beyond this roughened portion there projects at an obtuse angle thereto (so as to be in general line with the upper side of a shoe-brush. handle) a scraping-blade B, integral with the other part of the device.

The operation of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing description of its construction in connection with the several figures of the drawings. The thick portions of mud, &c., adhering along the edges of the soles and heels of boots or shoes can be read ily removed by the scraping-blade, and old blacking, grease, and like impurities can be rubbedoif with the roughened convex portion d, the whole forming a cheap and convenient instrument which can be quickly attached to any ordinary shoe-brush, greatly enhancing its convenience and value.

As shown at c, Fig. 2, the underside of the scraping-blade B may be also roughened, this being convenient in rubbing off the mud which adheres along the side of the shoe on the upper side of the sole.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment for shoe-bro shes having a convex roughened rubbingsurface and a scraping-blade projecting at an obtuse angle thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. An attachment for shoe-brushes having a concave inner surface, a convex outer roughened rubbing-surface, a scraping-blade projecting therefrom, and means for attachment to the handle of a shoe-brush, substantially as set forth.

7 In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of WVisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN HEINE.

Witnesses:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, WILLIAM KLUG. 

